a. Police / Fire Station

As per current data, the local Philippine National Police (PNP) with office situated beside the Municipal Hall has floor area of 150 square meters. The existing police force has a total strength of thirty (30): one (1) Chief of Police and thirty-one (29) National Central Police Officer (NCPO) yielding a ratio of one (1) policeman per 1,890 persons. Their basic armaments, facilities and equipments includes: three (3) patrol car/jeep, five (5) cal. 9 mm pistol, five (5) cal. 45 pistol, fifteen (15) M-16, three (3) Cal. 14mm, one (1) typewriter, three (3) computers with printer, one (1) fax machine, five (5) tables with chairs and bench, one (1) base radio and three (3) hand held radios.

Moreover, two (2) Kabayan Centers have also been established at Barangay Maseil-seil and Sitio Pongwa, Barangay Flores, which is under construction at this time. This is to prevent all forms of crimes and illegal activities especially in the far-flung barangays.

The Fire Department located about 100 meters away from the west of the Municipal Hall, with a land area of 100 square meters is manned by six (6) fire officers, one (1) municipal fire marshal and five (5) fire fighting officers. Each fireman serves 9,767 persons. The Fire Department is equipped with one (1) fire truck, one water pump, two fire boots, two fire coats, two fire helmets, two fire hoses – 1 ½ x 50 ft, two fire hoses – 2 ½ x 50 ft., one fire nozzle -1 ½ , one extension ladder and a hand held radio.

b. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)

The Municipal Jail is located at the back of the PNP station beside the municipal hall. The department has two (2) cells occupying a floor area of 4×5 meters. These cells are intended for male and female inmates; both cells have comfort rooms.

The department is manned by one jail warden and three jail officers. They are equipped with one (1) 12 gauge shotgun, two revolver cal. 38, a hand held radio and cellphone used for communication purposes.

c. Civic Sector and Community Participation

As local counterpart, the Barangays have each organized barangay tanods or civilian volunteers who work hand-in-hand with the Philippine National Police.

Civilian Volunteer Organizations (CVO) are tasked in assisting the Barangay Captain and Barangay Council Members in promoting peace and order within their respective barangay jurisdiction. They conduct “rondas” at night and they are equipped with night sticks and flash lights. Crimes which they could not managed even with the assistance of the Barangay Captain and Barangay Councilors are immediately brought to the attention of the local PNP. Through the use of hand held radios or cell phones. These civilian volunteers are recognized under P.D. 1232 as effective auxiliary elements in the maintenance of peace and order.

Health Facilities

Umingan has 2 Rural Health Units, namely RHU I and RHU II. RHU I is situated in the town proper with 7 BHS covering 30 barangays. It has a laboratory which offers routine laboratory examinations: CBC with platelet count, Urinalysis, Fecalysis, Sputum microscopy, blood typing, KOH test, pregnancy test, gram staining and Blood Glucose Exam. There are now 9 “Botika Ng Barangay” established in different barangays and private drugstores/pharmacies are available in the public market of the municipality. RHU II is located in Brgy. Cabaruan, 11 km. from town proper with 6 BHS covering 28 barangays, it also has a laboratory with the same examinations being offered as that in RHU I.

Primary health care is done in the RHUs and in the Medicare Community Hospital (Provincial Health Office operated) while secondary cases which can’t be handled by the RHU are referred to Tayug District Hospitals and hard cases are being referred to tertiary hospitals: Region I Medical Center – Dagupan City, and other private medical centers and hospitals in Urdaneta City and Dagupan City.

Health Services/Programs Offered

a. Control of Infectious Diseases
- National TB Program
- National Leprosy Control Program
- Control of Acute Respiratory Infections
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control
- Control of Diarrhea Diseases
b. Integrated Control of Lifestyle – Related or Non-communicable diseases / Healthy Lifestyle Program
c. Child Care
- Child care / under 6 clinic / growth monitoring
- Control of Diarrhea Diseases
- Expanded Program of Immunization
-Control of Acute Respiratory Infections
- Nutrition: micro-nutrient supplementation, operation timbang, garantisadong pambata
- Breast-feeding Promotion
d. Maternal Care and Family Planning
e. Environmental Health
f. Referral System: Public-Public, Public-Private and vice-versa
g. Laboratory services: Fecalysis; Urinalysis: Blood Glucose Exam; Sputum Exam; Blood typing; Complete Blood Count

I. Child Welfare Services

1) Day Care Services under R.A. 6972, ECCD and P.D. 603 ages 0-6 years old
2) Supplemental Feeding Assistance (SFA) for day care children and malnourished children of the municipality
3) Parents Effectiveness Service (PES)
4) Services to child with disabilities (Breaking Barriers for Children – BBC STAC Umingan – 14 years old below – providing therapy sessions and Special Education (SPED) Class during Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Umingan Municipal Library.

II. Youth Welfare

1) Organization of Out of School Youth (OSY/PYA) – 15 to 24 years old as per Administrative Order # 48 – Unlad Kabataan Program

a) Provision of Skills Training
b) Provision of Scholarship / TESDA
2) Services to Youth Offenders or Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL)
3) Services to Child in Especially Difficult Circumstances (CEDC) Minor victims of abuse as per R.A. 9262, R.A. 7610, P.D.603
4) Peer Group Service

III. Program for Needy Adult & Women’s Welfare

1) Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS)
The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office provides emergency financial assistance or referral for free services to individuals and families who are in extremely difficult situations and have inadequate resources.

a. Financial Assistance to the sick and needy.
b. Aid to Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC)

The situations covered are:
1. Death of an immediate family – burial assistance
2. Victims of Disaster (man-made /natural)
3. Medical Problem

Requirements:
1. Burial Assistance – Photocopy of relative’s Death Certificate
2. Medical Certificate
3. Certificate of Indigency from the Barangay
4. Case Study Report

2) Empowering Women by organizing them into Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) under R.A. 7192 – ages 18-59 years old, married/single
3) Skills Training form MSWDO/PSWDO/DSWD/TESDA
4) Self-Employment Assistance (SEA)
5) Community Involvement and Participation
6) Services to Family
a) Pre-Marriage Counseling Service
b) Community Development Participation
c) Trial Separation Counseling
d) Marital Conflict Counseling
e) Program for SOLO PARENT under R.A. 8972
7) Welfare for the Disabled Person (PWD) under R.A. 7277
a) Organization of Persons With Disability
b) SEA for Person with Disability with livelihood project
c) AICS for Person with Disability
d) Rehabilitation of Person with Disability
e) Skills Training / Scholarship at Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) Dagupan

IV. Welfare for the Elderly

RA 7432 provides for maximum contribution of the senior citizen to nation building and benefits and privileges. This was enacted to motivate and encourage senior citizens aged 60 years old and over to contribute to nation building and to mobilize their families in the community where they live to re-affirm the valued Filipino tradition of caring the elderlies. At present, a Senior Care Center is operational in the municipality, which is established in Poblacion. The members of the association have been provided with ID’s and already participating in all activities that the municipality conducts. At present, there are 9,319 members of the association recognized by the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare.
1) organized Senior Citizens – socialization under R.A. 9267
2) Provision of I.D.
3) Provision of AICS
4) Provision of Purchase Booklet for Medicine
5) Provision of Purchase Booklet for Grocery
6) Community Participation and Involvement
7) Mortuary Aid to VETERANS and DEATH AID for SENIOR CITIZENS (for registered Death Aid members only)

V. Disaster Victims

1) AICS for victims
2) Disaster Managements and Rehabilitation
3) Emergency Shelter Assistance
4) Emergency Relief

VI. Community Services

1) Community Welfare Structures Development Organization to empower them and to avail to Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) – from MSWDO and from DSWD Regional Office.
2) Provision of Solicitation Permit to persons, corporations, organizations / association conducting fund raising for charitable or public welfare.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

DEATH CERTIFICATE

Other Services such as

• R.A. 9255 (An Act allowing Illegitimate Children to Use the Surname of the Father)

• Filing of Petition for Change for First Name Under R.A. # 9048

• Filing of Petition for Correction of Clerical Error Under  R.A. # 9048

• Delayed Registration of Civil Registry Documents

• Request for a Certified Copy/Certification of Civil Registry Documents

• Timely Registration of Miscellaneous Civil Registry documents

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) is a system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information. This system can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, archaeology, environmental impact assessment, urban planning, cartography, criminology, geographic history, marketing, logistics, and other purposes. For example, GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times in the event of a natural disaster, GIS might be used to find wetlands that need protection from pollutions, or GIS can be used by a company to site a new business location to take advantage of a previously under-served market.

LAND INFORMATION SYSTEME (LIS) refers to a manual or computer-based information system used to store, retrieve, display, and plot spatial and textural data relating primarily to land features and characteristics and land ownership (e.g., tax parcels, urban infrastructure, and property assessment).

Currently, the Local Government of Umingan is in the process of establishing its own GIS/LIS to help the local government better serve its people.

LGU-Umingan hosted the signing of MOA on the Establishment of OFW Desks in the Municipalities of the 6th District of Pangasinan on March 26, 2008. Under the MOA, OWWA provides an orientation to the assigned LGU personnel to the OFW Migrant Desk regarding the programs and services of the agency and to conduct regular consultation and monitoring thru its Famiy Welfare Officer to the assigned LGU personnel for the immediate classification and resolution on issues and concerns raised by the clients.

On part of the LGU, a staff is assigned to take charge of the OFW Migrant Desk; coordinate with OWWA as often as necessary; provide appropriate assistance to the OFWs and their families; and refer OFWs and their families directly to OWWA for availment of its services.

As for the LGU Umingan, Crescel V. Dela Cruz was designated as OFW Migrant Desk Officer.

Procedure in Securing for Business Permit

• Clearances
  1. Barangay Business Clearance
  2. Community Tax Certificate
  3. Electrical Certificate
  4. Zoning Clearance
  5. Sanitary
  6. Fire Clearance
  7. Other clearances with respect to the applied Business Line

• Evaluation of Business Application
• Applicants will proceed to the Permits & Licensing Division for the issuance of application form. Interview, filling-up and assessment of the Application Form by the Business Permit Line Office personnel.
• Billing of Statement
• Payment
• Applicant pays at MTO Collection Section and is issued Official Receipt.
• Issuance of Business Permit
• After compliance with all requirements and after payment, the Permits and Licensing Office will issue the duly signed Business Permit.

Working Permit

Requirements:
1. Residence Certificate
2. Barangay Clearance
3. Two (2) 2×2 ID pictures
4. Two (2) 1×1 ID pictures

Procedure in applying for Individual Working Permit

* Filling up of Application Form at the Permits and Licensing Office
* Payment at the Municipal Treasurer’s Office
o Individual Working Permit
o Police Clearance
o MHO Clearance
o ID
* Issuance of Police Clearance at the PNP
* Issuance of Health Certificate at the Municipal Health Office
* Issuance / Approval of Individual Working Permit

Tricycle Permit

Requirements for Operators:

1. Clearance from UFTODA (Umingan Federated Tricycle Operators & Drivers Association)
2. Permit during the preceding year
3. Community Tax Certificate
4. Barangay Clearance
5. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (OR/CR OF UNITS)
6. Franchise MTOP
7. Police Clearance
8. Mayor’s Clearance

Procedure in applying for Tricycle Permit:

* Filling up of Application Form at the Permits and Licensing Office
* Payment at the Municipal Treasurer’s Office
o Mayor’s Permit
o Tricycle Plate
o Sticker Fee

Drivers : Procedures and Requirements in applying for Permit

1. Community Tax Certificate
2. Driver’s License
3. Barangay Clearance
4. Police Clearance
5. Mayor’s Clearance

Building-Related Permit

Requirements in Applying for Building Permits (for the construction of any buildings)

- Land Title of the lot where the building/structure is to be constructed
- Tax Declaration of the lot (xerox copy – 2 copies)
- Tax Receipt (current year) (xerox copy – 2 copies)
- Blue Print of the Plans and Specification (5 copies)
· Structural Plan (signed and sealed by Professional Civil Engineer or Architect)
· Electrical Plan(signed and sealed by Professional Electrical Engineer)
· Sanitary Plan (signed and sealed by Professional Sanitary Engineer)
- Cost of Construction (Bill of Materials) (5 copies)
- For two or more story buildings – (5 copies)
· Design analysis of beam and column
- Seismic analysis – 5 copies
- Highway clearance from DPWH – 1 copy
- Locational Clearance from MPDC – 1 copy

Application Requirements for Locational Clearance/Certificate of Zoning Compliance

Locational Clearance is a pre-requisite in the issuance of Building Permit to ensure its conformity with the Municipal’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance.

I. Basic Requirements (two copies per document)

1. Duly accomplished and notarized APPLICATION FORM
2. Requirements relative to RIGHT OVER LAND
a. Photocopy of the Certificate of Title in case registered in the name of applicants;
b. Certified True Copy of the Latest Declaration (CURRENT YEAR) with Tax Receipt
c. In case the property is not registered in the name of the applicant, submit Duly Notarized Deed of Sale, or Deed of Donation or Contract of Lease or Authorization to use land, whichever is applicable plus photocopy of the owner’s Certificate of Title or in the absence of Title, the Tax Declaration and pro-forma Affidavit as described in Item C.
3. VICINITY MAP showing the existing land uses within the prescribed radius from the lot boundary of the project site;
a. For projects of local significance, the vicinity should cover a minimum of 100 meters radius, and the map need not be drawn to scale provided the relative distances of existing land uses of the project site lot boundaries are indicated.
b. For projects of national significance, the vicinity should cover a minimum of one (1) kilometer radius and should be drawn to scale.
4. SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN showing the project lot area boundaries and dimensions of the proposed improvements within the project site, the plan need not be drawn to scale for projects of local significance.
5. Endorsement/Recommendation from the Department of Agrarian Reform for the conversion of agricultural lands into other uses if the project is to be situated in agricultural lands.
6. Filing and Legal Research Fees – Please refer to HLURB Schedule of Fees.

II. Bill of Materials/Cost Estimates
III. ECC/CNC from DENR

Barangay Resolution that the Council/Constituents interposes no objection to the project.

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